We only get 52 weekends a year, and I often like to take stock of what transpired during mine, sort of like how I am after a movie or after a dinner date. Did we like it? Did we have fun? Would we want to do it again? What was […]
It’s December 1st and it’s snowing. Perfect. The month is here when we all spend more than we really have, yet we all keep spending and spending, throwing our cares to the wind. We have three houseguests and the upstairs is packed full, all three bedrooms occupied by my three […]
Routines are comforting, and make our daily lives feel more secure. Not knowing what is going to happen is much worse than a predictable steady flow of life…and that’s what I have always have had in my home life, just like my parents did. My dad has a very regular […]
He always called me his boss. Kent liked that, because it said a lot about how he treated his role as one of GoNOMAD’s most prolific contributors. He was a professional traveler, and blogger, and photographer and his life was about the journey. He lived it to the utmost. Last […]
I picked up a book I bought a few years ago and am truly enjoying it–Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. How appropriate to be reading a book about the Pilgrims on this Thanksgiving day. But the first half of the book has hardly been about the great solidarity, feasting and peace […]
It all began when I had to close the GoNOMAD Cafe. That’s when South Deerfield resident Candace Bradbury-Carlin decided she wanted to keep that community spirit that brought so many locals together for coffee at the cafe in the center of our village. When she realized that no one was […]
My neighbors and I gathered again to hear experts talk about the livability of our village, South Deerfield, and show us some scenarios of what could be and what they think would make the town more pedestrian friendly. A consultant showed a fast-paced slide show that showed all of the […]
Did you know that Nascar is nearly breathing its last breath? It’s true. A story in the WSJ outlined the many problems the motor sport that was once America’s favorite has endured over the past few years. Even iconic driver Richard Petty, who won more races than anyone in history, […]
This week, citizens of Deerfield will get together for something known as a charette. The town has received a grant that enables them to hire an outfit to help us all figure out what we want our little downtown of South Deerfield to look like. When we met a few […]
“So what do you do?” I asked a man sitting next to me at a party. It’s a common sort of ice breaker question that I often rely on to move me through those first moments of uncomfortableness when I’m in a room full of strangers. But they were collegial […]
What a pleasure it was to be able to choose from eight, yes eight different short plays all in one night. For the second year in a row, Greenfield came alive with theater and the Double Take Fringe Festival spread thespians all over town in different venues to share the […]
I picked up a copy of the Lake Placid News yesterday and found a story pitting railroad enthusiasts versus rail trail promoters. The Adirondack Scenic Railroad already runs a tourist train between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, and an offshoot, the Adirondack Rail Preservation Society wants to develop a luxury […]